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Table 3 Most influential journals in Health Management and Economics Research

From: Influential journals in health research: a bibliometric study

R

Journal name

TC

TP

H

TC/TP

Year

Volume

IF

IF5

T50

T200

T200*

GR

First year

1

Medical Care

162015

3890

145

41,65

1990

28

2,941

3,714

31

16

10

9

1963

2

Risk Analysis

50164

2716

85

18,47

1990

10

1,974

2,546

5

2

1

38

1981

3

Journal of Health Economics

39818

1400

85

28,44

1990

9

2,254

3,159

5

3

1

49

1982

4

Pharmacoeconomics

37078

2163

69

17,04

1993

4

3,338

3,509

2

0

0

57

1992

5

Medical Decision Making

34695

1511

80

22,96

1990

10

2,698

3,083

5

1

1

59

1981

6

Health Economics

32797

1643

72

19,96

1994

3

2,137

2,570

2

0

0

65

1992

7

BMC Health Services Research

25343

3474

49

7,3

2001

1

1,659

2,188

0

0

0

72

2001

8

American Journal of Managed Care

24099

2483

57

9,71

1997

3

2,166

2,688

0

0

0

76

1995

9

Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing

9704

711

43

13,65

1990

97

0,564

0,793

0

0

0

146

1964

10

Health Care Management Review

6392

702

32

9,11

1994

19

1,642

2,071

0

0

0

179

1976

11

American Journal of Medical Quality

5264

698

30

7,5

1999

14

1,776

1,821

0

0

0

189

1986

12

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

4630

616

31

7,52

2006

12

2,682

2,858

0

0

0

198

1995

13

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

3661

865

21

4,23

2005

11

0,84

1,198

0

0

0

211

1995

14

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

3470

512

26

6,78

1994

9

0,971

1,029

0

0

0

213

1985

15

Economics & Human Biology

3326

348

29

9,56

2006

4

2,461

2,878

0

0

0

217

2003

16

Journal of Healthcare Management

2919

514

24

5,68

1998

43

0,96

0,977

0

0

0

224

2007

17

European Journal of Health Economics

2403

495

19

4,85

2007

8

1,913

1,865

0

0

0

230

2000

18

Australian Health Review

2098

669

17

3,14

2007

31

1,000

1,127

0

0

0

236

1978

19

Human Resources for Health

2048

371

20

5,52

2008

6

1,922

2,392

0

0

0

237

2003

20

International Journal for Equity in Health

1761

458

16

3,84

2008

7

1,589

1,925

0

0

0

247

2002

  1. Abbreviations: TC Total citations, TP Total papers, H Hirsch index, TC/TP Average citations per paper, IF Impact factor, IF5 5-year impact factor, T50 Number of papers among the 50 most cited of the category, T200 and T200* Number of papers among the 200 most cited in all fields of health between 1990–2014 and before 1990, GR Global ranking considering all the journals